Last week the gaming world lit up with news that the StarCraft 2 closed beta had begun. The original game rose to epic status, becoming almost a national pastime in South Korea, and is still one of the most popular Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games on the market today–this in spite of the fact that the game was released in 1998. As sequel to one of the most played PC games in the world, StarCraft 2 has some big shoes to fill but early word seems to be it’s doing a nice job of it. Judge for yourself with some of these great matches. (more…)
What happens to online accounts when someone dies?
by Savan Thongvanh
This s a very interesting question, albeit not a new one, posed by Scott Brown over at wired. Check out a couple solutions that Scott reviews in his article Managing Your Digital Remains
The Countdown to Metroid: Other M has Begun
by David Thongvanh February 24, 2010
After a long wait, Nintendo has officially dated the next highly-anticipated installment in its Metroid franchise, Metroid: Other M, for June 27, 2010. (more…)
Scaling Farmville to Big Brother
by Jason Patocka
Jesse Schell recently gave a thought provoking presentation at the recent Design Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (DICE) 2010 summit regarding the future of game development. He starts off with a very pointed analysis of the current established game industry, who is currently quite slack jawed and awestruck with the arrival of Facebook as a viable game platform. Extra fun mind blowing statistic: *Farmville has more registered users than Twitter accounts*. He then picks up momentum by outlying his applied theory for gamevertising, describing trends toward a life where everything you do somehow grants you XP.
2K Games Announces DLC For Bioshock 2
by David Thongvanh February 22, 2010
Developer 2K Games has announced its plan to release the first DLC pack for Bioshock 2 in March. (more…)
Civilization 5 Announced for PC
by David Thongvanh February 18, 2010
I don’t know about you, but today’s announcement of Civilization V, the next installment in the award-winning simulation series from 2K Games, has gotten me excited for fall. Roughly 5 years since the last installment, the latest iteration is slated to overhaul the series, introducing gameplay innovations such as hexagonal board spaces, global matchmaking, and a new suite of modding tools.
AT&T joins the Android game with Motorola’s BACKFLIP
by Savan Thongvanh
Today Motorola announced another offering with AT&T. Motorola’s BACKFLIP will be AT&T’s first phone with Android. The phone will be available March 7th.